From the owner: Entièrement automatique Le métro de Lille est un réseau métropolitain desservant la ville de Lille…read moreet une partie de son agglomération. Il a été le tout premier métro entièrement automatique au monde. Avec 2 lignes en site propre (souterraines ou sur viaducs) d'une longueur totale d'environ 45 kilomètres et 60 stations, il est le plus long réseau de métro automatique au monde.

De Brouckère is a metro station that serves lines 1 and line 5 as well as tram lines 3 and 4. It's…read morea decent sized station and there are stairs and escalators between the levels. On the ticketing concourse, there are staffed and automated ticket vending machines and the usual ticketing contactless scanners at the turnstiles. De Brouckère metro station is named after a Belgian nobleman who was mayor of the city from 1848 until his death in 1860. According to the wiki, he was responsible for major urban renewal in the city, including the creation of water mains and the first boulevards in Brussels. The station is part of the run where Lines 1 and 5 overlap, between Sainte-Catherine and Brussels-Central stations.

Beautiful station steps from the Grand Plaza. ATM machine is here and good WiFi. It's clean &…read morefeels safe.

It seemed that every day that I wanted to explore Bruxelles, the closest stop on the Métro was this…read moreone. So I ended up disembarking here a couple of times. It's a subway station, same as others. I didn't encounter the issues that others documented. It was clean and the signage was simple and there didn't seem to be any smell of urine. I'm guessing that either they've cleared it up, or I'm immune. Stairs from street level to ticketing level and more stairs from there to the platforms. There is also a pair of lifts.

From the owner: Entièrement automatique Le métro de Lille est un réseau métropolitain desservant la ville de Lille…read moreet une partie de son agglomération. Il a été le tout premier métro entièrement automatique au monde. Avec 2 lignes en site propre (souterraines ou sur viaducs) d'une longueur totale d'environ 45 kilomètres et 60 stations, il est le plus long réseau de métro automatique au monde.

From the owner: Entièrement automatique Le métro de Lille est un réseau métropolitain desservant la ville de Lille…read moreet une partie de son agglomération. Il a été le tout premier métro entièrement automatique au monde. Avec 2 lignes en site propre (souterraines ou sur viaducs) d'une longueur totale d'environ 45 kilomètres et 60 stations, il est le plus long réseau de métro automatique au monde.

Louise is the Metro station closest to the Palais de Justis. It is an underground station with…read morestairs and a lift from street level down to the ticketing level and then again down to the platform. On the metro, it is on Line 2 and Line 6. It is also on the aboveground tram system. When I visited the station, there were staff members available and automated ticket machines.